Financial Accountant

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We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-focused Financial Accountant to join our Centre of Excellence Controllership team and play a key role in supporting the New Zealand Pacific business.

Supporting our operations across New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea, you will play an important role in delivering accurate financial reporting, statutory accounting, local compliance, tax-related activities, cashflow and banking processes, and payroll-related financial information.

This is an opportunity to gain exposure across a broad range of financial disciplines while working closely with Finance and operational stakeholders in a global professional services organisation.

As part of GHD's global finance community, you will also have opportunities to further develop your technical and professional capability through collaboration, continuous improvement initiatives, and exposure to global processes and best practice.

Location: Auckland or WellingtonAs an integral member of the team, the Financial Accountant will support strong financial controls and compliance across the business.

The role requires advanced knowledge of general and statutory accounting, New Zealand tax obligations, and local compliance requirements, working closely with Finance and operational stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely, and well-controlled financial outcomes.

Key responsibilities will include

• Monthly reviewing and/or posting of journal entries in the month end process for the NZ Pacific business Maintaining the general ledger and preparing reconciliations and working papers
• Responsible for statutory accounting and compliance requirements for the NZ Pacific business including group reporting package, local financial statements and audit-related activities.
• Managing cashflow forecast, and ad hoc bank payments.
• Preparing payroll-related journals and provisions to ensuring appropriate accounting treatment, reconciliation, and confidentiality.
• Partnering with tax team to provide information on various New Zealand tax compliance matters.
• Partnering with Finance and business stakeholders to provide timely information, resolve issues, and support effective decision making.
• Contributing to process improvements, standardisation, and the implementation of the GHD way of working in alignment with global policy.
• Maintaining strong documentation, control discipline, and adherence to professional ethics and confidentiality.
• Supporting a high-performing Finance environment through collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• What will you bring to the team: Minimum 5 years of relevant finance or accounting experience.
• Bachelor's degree with an accounting major or equivalent relevant qualification.
• CA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification (or working towards completion) would be highly regarded.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, statutory accounting, financial controls, and reconciliation processes with financial statement preparation experience
• Experience supporting cashflow, banking, payroll-related finance activities, and audit requirements.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems and reporting tools.
• Experience with TM1 and BI reporting tools would be highly regarded
• Knowledge of New Zealand tax and local compliance requirements.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and the ability to manage deadlines in a busy environment.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across Finance and operational teams.
• A pragmatic, hands-on approach with the ability to improve processes and maintain strong control standards.
• Strong adherence to professional ethics, confidentiality, and compliance requirements.
• Click ‘Apply’ to submit your CV or reach out to Zen Chua ( zen.chua@ghd.com ) for more information.
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• At GHD we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce.
• GHD is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities and invites applications from people of all nationalities, genders, and cultural backgrounds.
• We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

About Us

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Our Pledge to YouAt GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.

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Who We Are

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.